Osmania University · Faculty of Law
Intellectual Property Law · February/March 2013 (5-YDC)
February/March (5-YDC) 2013 · Intellectual Property Law · Semester 4
FACULTY OF LAW
B.A. LL.B. (5-YDC) IV Year VII Semester Examination, February / March 2013
Subject: LAW
PAPER - V: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
Code: 4625 | Time: 3 Hours | Max. Marks: 80
PART - A (5 x 6 = 30 Marks) [Note: two of the eight short-note topics were not clearly legible in
the source photograph.] — Answer any FIVE of the following:
1. Plant Varieties.
2. UNESCO.
3. Universal Copyright Convention.
4. Product Patent.
5. Passing off.
6. Assignment of Copyright.
PART - B (2 x 15 = 30 Marks) — Answer any TWO of the following:
9. What is Trade Mark? Explain the procedure for Registration of a Trade Mark.
10. Explain the salient features of the Designs Act, 2000.
11. What is Copyright? Explain its meaning, nature and scope.
12. Discuss the rights and obligations of a patentee.
PART - C (2 x 10 = 20 Marks) — Answer any TWO of the following:
13. A photographer who is paid for the photo he has taken displays it in his display board. State
whether it amounts to violation of copyright of the person whose photo has been taken.
14. A surgeon has invented a new surgical method to treat a human ailment. Is he eligible to seek a
patent? Discuss.
15. A Trade Mark is registered for a limited area. A firm used such Trade Mark beyond that area. Is
the firm guilty of infringement of the Trade Mark?
16. SPOS-PROX is a registered Trade Mark. Another trader has a Trade Mark - SPOS-FLOX. Discuss
whether there is a deceptive similarity in this case.